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Leno-s Patent No. 105,000, dazed July 5, 1870.

.To al! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JORDAN RIGGsBEE, of' Chapel Hill, in the county of Orange' and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-seed Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspccilication,

Figure l is a front view of my improved machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line z x, fig. 1.

Similar letters ol" reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has forit's object to furnish an improved cotton-seed planter, simple in construction and effective in operation; and

lt consists in the construct-ion and combination of the various parts of the machine, as hereinafter 4more fully described.

Aare the wheels, which are attached to and revolve upon the journals of the axles B, in the ordinary manner.

G are the thills, which arc rigidly attached to the axle B, and which, in connection with the said axle, form the frame-work of the planter.

lith one of' the wheels A is rigidly connected a pulley, D, around which passes the band E, which band also passes around a pulley, F, attached to the end of the shaft G..

The band E and its pulleys D F may, if desired, be replaced by gear-wheels.

The shaft G revolves in bearings attached to the thills O, and upon its middle part is formed, orto it is attached, a cylinder, H, the face of which is corrugated, as shown inig. 2, said corrugations being so made as to give the cylinders in their cross-sections the appearance of a ratchet-wheel. 4

The upper Side of a cylinder, H, prejects through an opening in the bottom of the seed-hopper I, so as to take hold of the seed, and carry or draw it out of the said hopper.

The hopper I is attached to the thills C just in front of the axle B, and is made with a hopper-shaped bottom, to guide the seed down to the cylinder H.

The size of the discharge-opening through which the seed passes out ol' the hopper l; is regulated by a sliding plate, K, which slides in grooves formed in or attached to the said hopper I:

From the hopper I the seed passes into the conductor-spout L, through an opening or channel, mf, in the lower part of the plow-standard M, and drops to the ground in the rear ofthe plow N, attached to the lower end ci said stond-ard M.

The Aupper endi of the standard M is hinged or jointed to the axle B, or to a support attached to said axle, so that the lower end of the plow-standard MLl maybe raised for convenience in passing obstruct-ions,

such a position as to be conveniently reachedand operated by the driver from his seat P.

The draft strain upon the plow-standard Mis sustained by the chains Q, the lower ends of which are attached to the lower part of said standard, and the upper parts of which are attached to the thills C, or l to the cross-bars of said thills, by being hooked upon' hooks, so that the said chains may be conveniently lengthened and shortened, to regulate the depth at which the seed is planted in the ground.

R is the covcrer, the lower edge of which is concaved, to give the desired form to the row or ridge,

and which isrigidly attached to the standard M.

The row or ridge may be still further pressed down and formed by the roller S, the face of which is concaved, and which is pivoted to and between the rear ends of the bars or arms T, the forward ends ofwhich have eycs formed in or attached to them, tobook upon hooks attached to the axle B, so that the roller may he conveniently detached when not required for use,

'Tv .-11 a box or seed-reservoir, which rests upon and is attached to the rearwardly-projecting ends of the thills C, as shown in 2.

The box V is designed to contain a supply of cotton-seed, so that the hopper I may be supplied with seed as reqnired, even without stopping the machine.

It is also designed that the driver should be supplied with a fork or other instrument, with which he may keep the cctton-seed pressed down to the dropping-wheel, to keep the seed from clogging and insure its being fed out uniformly.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim ,as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An improved cotton-seed planter, formed by the combination of the wheel A, axle B, thills O, baud i and pulleys D E F, or equivalent gearing, shaft G,

dropping-cylinder H, hopper I, adjustable slide K, lexible conductor-spout L, hinged or jointed plowstandard M my', plow N, draft-chains Q, adjustingcord O, and coverer R, with each other, said pmt-s being` constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described, and. for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the seed-box or reservoir V wish the thills C, hopper I, and seed-dropping device,

substantilly as herein shown and described, and for the purpose sei; forth. i

3. The combination of the detachable rollers S T with the axle B, coverer R, opening-plow N, hinged or jointed plow-standard M, and seed-dropping device, subntmntially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.`

JORDAN RIGGS'BEE.

Witnesses: Y

F. F. Nonwoon, J. F. FuEuLANn. 

